Maryalice Demler

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| title={{ubl|Miss New York 1990|Miss Buffalo 1990}}

| name=Maryalice Demler

| competitions=Miss America 1991

| birth_place= North Tonawanda, New York

| birth_name= Mary Alice Demler

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|7|8}}

| education= Niagara University

| occupation = News Anchor

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| hair_color= Blonde

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| spouse = Nathan Roger Marton (m. 1996–January 2013){{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/MRS._DEMLER-MARTON.html |title=Mrs. Demler-Marton |date=September 29, 1996 |agency=The Buffalo News |access-date=January 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130222954/http://www.buffalonews.com/MRS._DEMLER-MARTON.html |archive-date=January 30, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

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Maryalice Demler (born July 8, 1964) is a television journalist and news anchor for WGRZ in Buffalo, New York.{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/MISS_BUFFALO_WINS_IN_STATE_PAGEANT_MISS_WESTERN_NEW_YORK_CAPTURES_2ND_RUNNER-UPHONORS.html |title=Miss Buffalo wins in state pageant; Miss Western New York captures second runner-up honors |date=July 15, 1990 |agency=The Buffalo News |author=Geggus, Jacquenette |access-date=January 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130223452/http://www.buffalonews.com/MISS_BUFFALO_WINS_IN_STATE_PAGEANT_MISS_WESTERN_NEW_YORK_CAPTURES_2ND_RUNNER-UPHONORS.html |archive-date=January 30, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Biography

Demler anchors Channel 2 News at 5:00, 6:00,7:00,10:00, and 11:00. She joined Channel 2 in September 1993. She attended Niagara University, graduating in 1986 with a B. A. in Political Science, and a B. A. in French.{{cite web|date= January 30, 2010| title=Maryalice Demler - Biography|publisher=IMDb| url=https://us.imdb.com/name/nm3673827/bio|access-date=2010-01-30}} She won the title of Miss New York in 1990{{cite web|date=January 30, 2010 |title=Former Miss New York Winners |publisher=Miss New York Organization |url=http://missny.org/history/ |access-date=January 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130224419/http://missny.org/history/ |archive-date=January 30, 2016 }} and participated in Miss America 1991 on September 7, 1990. On April 18, 2010, The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored Demler with the New York Emmy Award for the Best News Anchor - On Camera Talent category. She is the first Buffalo-area news Anchor to receive the Best News Anchor award.{{cite web|date= April 18, 2010| title=Three Emmy Awards for Two On Your Side|publisher=WGRZ| url=http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=76209|access-date=2010-05-13}}

She has been the executive director of the Miss Buffalo Pageant for several years (Miss America Preliminary) and has taken her titleholders to Miss New York. She runs the Canal Fest Pageant of the Tonawandas and she ran the Miss Erie County Fair Pageant for several years. She is very involved in community service and is a journalist. She has been voted Western New York's favorite news anchor many times.

Demler was married to Nathan Marton from 1996 to 2013. She dated Joseph Murphy from 2018 until Murphy's unexpected death in February 2019.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/2019/02/28/demler-gives-moving-on-air-tribute-to-companion-who-died-in-her-arms/|title=Demler gives moving on-air tribute to companion, who died in her arms|date=February 28, 2019|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Pergament, Alan|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013413/https://buffalonews.com/2019/02/28/demler-gives-moving-on-air-tribute-to-companion-who-died-in-her-arms/|url-status=live|archive-date=March 1, 2019}}